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Ambac Focuses on Risk Diversification.(Ambac Assurance Corp.)
New York -- The president and CEO of Ambac Assurance Corp., one of the top bond insurance firms in the fixed-income securities market, said a key driver of his firm's financial performance is risk management.
"Risk diversification is key in this market," Robert Grenader said at a Piper Jaffray investors conference here.
Ambac manages its claims exposure through investment grade underwriting, conservative risk limits, targeting of low loss severity sectors and proactive surveillance, he said.
He said that Ambac still has plenty of growth opportunities, noting that 57% of public financing deals in 2005 were insured. And the annual growth rate of global issuance has been 19% annual, which includes public finance, structured finance and international deals.
Ambac has $12.1 billion of claims paying ability, and keeping a strong credit profile is key to the company's financial success, Mr. Grenader said. Ninety-seven percent of Ambac's investments are rated "A" or better. Among the portfolio of obligations insured by Ambac, 79% are rated "A" or higher.
"Our largest expense component really is our cost of capital," Mr. Grenader said.
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